Story By: KYLE SOUZA / JUSTIN BONSIGNORE MOTORSPORTS – WALL, NJ – Justin Bonsignore had the lead with just a few circuits remaining in the Jersey Shore 150 at Wall Stadium Speedway on Saturday night.
After a late dash to the finish with Ron Silk – one that included the two former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champions battling side-by-side yet again this season – Bonsignore would bring the No. 51 Phoenix Communications Inc. machine home in the second spot.
The second-place finish came in Bonsignore’s 200th career Whelen Modified Tour start. On the final restart, Silk made the move for the lead and picked up his third win of the season. Bonsignore has finished second to Silk in all three of his wins, to go along with one of his own – a race where he beat Silk in the late laps to win at Riverhead in May.
The finish for Bonsignore, driving the Kenneth Massa Motorsports machine, was his seventh top-five in eight races so far this season.
“We were throwing haymakers at each other,” Bonsignore said of the battle with Silk. “It’s been like that all year, with Ron and I putting on some great battles for the fans. We’re about as aggressive as you can be without crashing each other. We snuck by and got the lead a few times there and even though we lost it, this was a good run for us. We don’t have a lot of experience here (at Wall) as a team. We’re keeping pace with Ron, but we just need to get a little bit better and work on it to get up there with him on the long runs. Just want to thank everyone involved that makes this deal happen.”